Shell Shock

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52 works open to everyone here carry this tag; 85% are complete. The average one runs about 6,600 words. Read any of them in your browser, save it as an EPUB, or listen to it.

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Downton Abbey

Half-Days and Holidays

by DarthNickels

Missing scenes and some AUs, all Thomas related/focused (1) pre-Series/s1, the mystery of Thomas' love letters consumes all of downstairs (2) s2, O'Brien gets a telegram from the War Office (3) Sergeant Barrow makes a scene, he and Captain Crawley have a heart-to-heart (4) s5 AU, Baxter appeals to Mrs. Hughes in an attempt to make Thomas see reason (5) pre-s4 Jimmy wants to Thomas' friend, but he still has questions about things (6) Phyllis Baxter arrives at Downton (7) Armistice Day, 1924: Mrs. Patmore and Thomas talk about cowardice (8) pre-series, O'Brien takes the new footman under her wing (9) Anna finally clues Daisy in (10) Armistice Day 1918, Thomas pays his respects to his fallen patient

General 31k words 10 / ? ch In progress 332 kudos

Love Letters · Missing Scene · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · World War I· +2 more

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

We Begin Again

by Captain_Jade

This movie absolutely traumatized me, so I need to give it a happier ending. Except you know me with my angst, so at first I'm gonna make it worse.Jojo gets a letter from his dad that says he's alive and coming back home. But they have to wait weeks, so in the meantime, Elsa takes care of a grieving ten-year-old with shell-shock, while she has no income and no idea how to survive.

Teen 4.2k words 4 / ? ch In progress 254 kudos

Adopted Sibling Relationship · Aftermath · Angst · Anxiety· +14 more

Shadow and Bone (TV)+1

If You Were the Only Girl in the World (and I was the Only Boy)

by Anonymous

Alina Starkov has spent her life working her way up downstairs at the Little Palace. Being a housemaid is hard work, but it’s a respectable position, especially for a girl with no family and no money. She never expected more from life, but would welcome more, all the same.Mr. Aleksander Morozova is Lord Kirigan’s heir. Returned from the war a changed man, he hopes for some degree of normalcy.The post-WWI Downton Abbey AU no one asked for.A.K.A. the fic where Alina and Aleksander think it’s a good idea to sneak around in a house where there are servants and ghosts watching.Really, truly finished this time.

Teen 8.3k words 4 ch Complete 238 kudos

Alternate Universe · Alternate Universe - 1920s · Alternate Universe - Historical · Alternate Universe - No Powers· +30 more

Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers

Shoes For His Feet

by kindkit

In 1919, Bunter takes up the position of valet to Lord Peter and finds his master so traumatized that he can't even put on a pair of shoes.

Teen 4.8k words 1 ch Complete 236 kudos

Unresolved Sexual Tension · Unresolved Romantic Tension · Shell Shock · Foot Fetish· +4 more

Downton Abbey

Lilacs, Wisteria

by DarthNickels

May 1919. The house with big lilac bushes and hanging wisteria hasn't had tenants for months-- until now.

General 8k words 1 ch Complete 202 kudos

Original Character(s) · POV Outsider · Period-Typical Homophobia · Shell Shock· +3 more

Peaky Blinders (TV)

Bella Solomons

by orphan_account

Isabella Solomon’s went to war and came back a different woman. Now her brothers business is getting mixed into her own and she bumps into a very farmilliar face.

General 2.2k words 1 ch Complete 183 kudos

Bakery · War · flash backs · Shell Shock· +6 more

Downton Abbey

A Glimpse of Stocking

by DarthNickels

September, 1920: A notice in the paper puts Thomas and Edward on a collision course with their pre-war lives

Teen 15k words 2 ch Complete 169 kudos

1920s · All my exes live in Yorkshire · Engagement · Exes· +6 more

Downton Abbey

Windfall

by DarthNickels

Summer 1921: Phyllis Baxter is out of jail with nowhere to go. She has one last friend she can ask for help.

Teen 4.3k words 1 / ? ch In progress 166 kudos

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Everyone in this house has trauma and they are all trying to get along · Past Child Abuse · Roommates· +4 more